Ground search Wednesday for missing Manitoulin woman

Manitoulin woman missing for a month The family of Juanita Migwans, a M'Chigeeng First Nation woman missing since Oct. 2, is appealing for information from the public.

UCCM Anishnaabe Police Service and the Ontario Provincial Police are conducting a ground search Wednesday for a woman missing since last month.

Juanita Migwans – or ‘Winnie,’ as her family calls her – of M’Chigeeng First Nation has been missing for almost a month.

Migwans1 Juanita Migwans – or 'Winnie,' as her family calls her – of M'Chigeeng First Nation has been missing for almost a month. Migwans, 30, disappeared without a trace Oct. 2. She was last seen on Riverside Drive in the First Nation at approximately 5 p.m. (Supplied)

Migwans, 30, was last seen on Riverside Drive in the First Nation on Oct. 4 around 5 p.m.

Acting on new information, UCCM police and the OPP are searching the downtown area of M’Chigeeng today.

“The public can expect to see a larger than normal police presence and the public (is) asked to please avoid the areas where police are searching,” UCCM police said in a news release.

“The police have been actively investigating all leads and information. If you have any information that you feel may be helpful, please contact police. Help us bring Juanita home.”

Police can be reached via email or by calling 1-705-377-7135.